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, but of foreign policy full stop. how do you operate in a world with players who are operating under these very different rules? >> well, it's something we do spend quite a bit of time thinking about this. it's not all about china. there are issues with other countries like -- >> russia? >> -- like russia, but not just those two. and the lines are really blurred in terms of where the state ends and where capital and corporate interests begin for many countries. at the state department, we've really tried to create mechanisms through multilateral institutions like the oecd has come up with a platform for competitive neutrality which looks at the different ways that governments can act to subsidize or to give favor to their own state-owned or state-led interests and provide some recommendations for engaging in a platform of competitive neutrality. it's a different way of thinking about the challenges, and it's something that, you know, it's not just the u.s. that's concerned about, we have a lot of other countries out t
, but of foreign policy full stop. how do you operate in a world with players who are operating under these very different rules? >> well, it's something we do spend quite a bit of time thinking about this. it's not all about china. there are issues with other countries like -- >> russia? >> -- like russia, but not just those two. and the lines are really blurred in terms of where the state ends and where capital and corporate interests begin for many countries. at the state...
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foreign policy objectives. and asian policy is a good place to rebuild i partisanship to the discussion is just under two hours. >> thank you all for being here this afternoon, and welcome to georgetown university. we've come together today for a special conversation, a conversation between top diplomats, past and present, each of whom has played a significant role in u.s. asia relations over the past two decades. with representatives from the administrations of george h. w. bush through the current administration of barack obama, our guest speakers today offer their expertise and experience as a look back on the use of service and look forward to the future of u.s.-asia relations. wish to offer my gratitude to georgetown's asian studies program, our school of foreign service, and the korea economic institute who have partnered to bring together some of our countries most respected minds on foreign policy and asia. we are deeply grateful to doctor victor cha a professor in government and asian studies and direc
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>> guest: my day job is that i'm professor of american foreign policy at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies in washington. we teach graduate students. i have wonderful students from all over the world. students come from all over the world to study here because this is america, and they know that there is something special about america, and we wrote this book to try to make sure that in the future, students from all over the world and people and entrepreneurs and immigrants from all over the world will continue to come here, that this will remain a special place. >> host: tom, is, of course, the "new york times" columnist, pulitzer prize winner three times. how did you team up? >> guest: we're old friends and neighbors and we called each other and talked about the world, but we noticed something in recent years. we started talking about the world, but we ended every day talking about america. it was apparent to us that america, its future and vitality is the biggest foreign policy issue in the world. that's how we wrote the book together. >> host: "that used
>> guest: my day job is that i'm professor of american foreign policy at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies in washington. we teach graduate students. i have wonderful students from all over the world. students come from all over the world to study here because this is america, and they know that there is something special about america, and we wrote this book to try to make sure that in the future, students from all over the world and people and entrepreneurs and...
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policy. he wants to talk about how o orgaze his dayowto ths angt n ofur trentim is the most scarce and precious than he has. he wantedo know if he was using up well. and the first month of the sa0 yersersaotolbceled still an impossible challenge. >> when we interviewed clinton abouthis, he said onof his most prized possessionof beng est rix nidin a 94 n jugoous ch.ugohu he had gone and there remain a se mons. at efterpk splte aggl tasked clinton if we could have been in to receive anything now, but he said that he told it was done in ways hed aazle. rdedt. heda eead it every year. cln hiehseannod in199and he edathmusd s eresiminth we ed his mother, similar, not the same. i often find myself i could pick up the phone and call him and itranar avi bu tha o ?a that politics is complicated, family is really complicated. and yet, theonly tingme prenorerwle sh o onel est haauall eda fer h surrogate father for that one inib ndhi. what we found really pa cgeeio ewen idcln the ti shil toiha ey ha naor
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, a policy foreign to the roast great deliberative body. >> to think of people who ran in 2010 and got elected with the people who ran before it ended now ascended to of leadership leave no with a solution or they were elected to not do things as opposed to do things? >> again, from the class of 2010 and now i refer to the 87 freshman, the so-called tea party class of the 112 congress, their belief is they are doing precisely what the people who elected them wish to do, which is rollback obama initiatives to cut spending. a lot of them thought the debt ceiling should not be increased under any circumstances and to that degree feel like i was. they basically believe their job is to obstruct barack obama and once there is a republican president in place from the two pass this initiative secreted better business climate, more and more deregulation committee funding of programs that have never quite been near and dear to them. of course to flash forward a day, i suspect we'll talk about the debt ceiling fiasco of 2011. after that summer undertaken to the brink of a fiscal cliff, the thinki
, a policy foreign to the roast great deliberative body. >> to think of people who ran in 2010 and got elected with the people who ran before it ended now ascended to of leadership leave no with a solution or they were elected to not do things as opposed to do things? >> again, from the class of 2010 and now i refer to the 87 freshman, the so-called tea party class of the 112 congress, their belief is they are doing precisely what the people who elected them wish to do, which is...
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foreign policy, u.s. domestic policy, particular n particular economic policy, the american educational system. the court system. the military. the media. corporate influence over american life. and so on. most of this is very astute and i have learned much from reading these studies but two things in particular are lacking and have hard time making entitle the public eye, partly because americans are not trained to think in a hoe his stick or synthetic fashion and partly because the sort of analysis i have in mind is too close to the beach it's very difficult for americans to hear it. hence somebody would say, i didn't know it failed. the first thing that -- is an integration of the various factors have the have done the country in. these studies tend to be institution-specific, as though the institution under examination existed in a vacuum and could really be in other words apart from other institutions. the second thing i fine lacking is the relationship the culture at large to the values and behavior
foreign policy, u.s. domestic policy, particular n particular economic policy, the american educational system. the court system. the military. the media. corporate influence over american life. and so on. most of this is very astute and i have learned much from reading these studies but two things in particular are lacking and have hard time making entitle the public eye, partly because americans are not trained to think in a hoe his stick or synthetic fashion and partly because the sort of...
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foreign policy object is an asian policy is a good place to rebuild bipartisanship. the discussion is just under two hours. >> thank you all for being here this afternoon and welcome to gaston on georgetown company country university. we've kind for a special conversation. a conversation between top diplomats past and present, each of whom has played a significant role over the past two decades with representatives from the administration of george h.w. bush to the current administration of barack obama, our guest speakers today offered their expertise and experience as they look back on their years of service and look forward to the future of u.s.-asia relations. we offer my gratitude to georgetown's asian studies program, our school foreign service and the korea economic institute who have partnered to bring together some of our country's most respected minds on foreign policy and asia. we are deeply grateful to dr. dr. victor cha and director of asian studies here at georgetown. dean carol lancaster dean of the foreign service and dr. abraham kim, the interim pres
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there's a big difference between obama's foreign policy and bush's foreign policy. the civil liberties, obama in the back, now, individual circumstances that are being pointed to, i don't think they have been verified yet. and that is that individuals may do bad things. no human rights organization is saying that that was ended. on the broader foreign policy question, i think it is a huge earth shattering difference that obama is on the side of bottom-up democracy in the middle east in countries and countries, even when the dictators are allies. it is unheard of for an american president to push out an allied was a dictator because the people have turned on that person. >> tell that to ferdinand marcos >> with all due respect, i don't think that is true as well. >> you can jump in anytime. >> i don't think it was that across to turn on a dictator. >> an across-the-board policy of either administration. >> well, you had three years. dramatic circumstances in egypt and libya and tunisia. they are working on syria. it is pretty difficult as flip a switch and change eve
there's a big difference between obama's foreign policy and bush's foreign policy. the civil liberties, obama in the back, now, individual circumstances that are being pointed to, i don't think they have been verified yet. and that is that individuals may do bad things. no human rights organization is saying that that was ended. on the broader foreign policy question, i think it is a huge earth shattering difference that obama is on the side of bottom-up democracy in the middle east in...
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foreign policy i always had a very similar reaction. there was a lot i found in agreement with the last panel, and that was interesting to me, and i want to think more about that. >> they are out of office now. >> exactly that and would make comments on anyone who still in office. that was the point of my question. i think, yeah, i think samer latest up beautifully but, you know, the u.s. has questioned negative reputation in the region, and my point earlier about my question about jordan and legitimacy is jordanians tell me that if the jordanian state told them that their children need to take more mill, it would dump milk in the driver. the same thing with the united states. sort of anything the u.s. pushing is automatically going to be suspicious. any group that the u.s. stands behind is automatically going to have a problem. so i think the way the u.s. can speak loudest is by being hands-off on the particular mechanics, but very supportive of processes in general. and by being supportive of process in general that means not channeli
foreign policy i always had a very similar reaction. there was a lot i found in agreement with the last panel, and that was interesting to me, and i want to think more about that. >> they are out of office now. >> exactly that and would make comments on anyone who still in office. that was the point of my question. i think, yeah, i think samer latest up beautifully but, you know, the u.s. has questioned negative reputation in the region, and my point earlier about my question about...
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policy. now, let's see how our friends -- the biggest problem i have is the conference may be how do american aids activists going to handle that? that is, i think, the biggest challenge. >> well, that's a good note to take questions from the audience. i ask that you raise your hand, wait until the microphone reaches you, identify yourself, and give us a real question. there's one right here, down front. robert martin from the rockefeller foundation. >> okay. thank you. >> would you stand? >> sure. thank you for the book. i flew through it in a few days. feeter, i agree it will inspire the next generation, and following on the first question is what advice do you have for the next generation of global or public health leaders, and then the second question is at one point in the book, i think it's towards the end when you leave unaids, you had like an oscar schindler moment where you think you could have done more or doing things differently. the question is if you could go back and redo the l
policy. now, let's see how our friends -- the biggest problem i have is the conference may be how do american aids activists going to handle that? that is, i think, the biggest challenge. >> well, that's a good note to take questions from the audience. i ask that you raise your hand, wait until the microphone reaches you, identify yourself, and give us a real question. there's one right here, down front. robert martin from the rockefeller foundation. >> okay. thank you. >>...
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when you look out and see the fragility and inequality of the economy, the direction of foreign policy, the paralysis of the national dialogue, that is a legitimate question. can we all do better. we know we have to be at our best if we are going to meet the challenges our country faces. we know each of us has to be at our best. and that of course is the next level of the title. it is not simply, can we politicians are politicians and people in washington do better? the answer is self-evident given our circumstance. but the question is, can each of us to better? and that might mean some very simple things in your life. our politics today is about between two competing cutbacks. the ethic of caring, collective action associated with democrat and the ethic of responsibility, individual action, republicans. and that is what campaigns are. it is already shaping up that this is what it's going to be this year. i hope the presidential race is about the future, not the past, the. is. it's beginning to be that same thing. when the truth is and i do think we need politicians who put country ahe
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policy and the drone that checks against innocent globalist. i want to extend the metaphor of the new jim crow to the new tax on the voting rights for african-americans and minorities in places like florida and all over the united states. i want to extend that metaphor of the new jim crow to the political and public policy assault on poor black women that continues to this day. i want to extend that metaphor to the hip-hop generation and generations of young black men and women who we are writing off today as we speak as a nation because we do not care whether they can read, write, have food, suffering from malnutrition, whether they can be productive citizens in the 21st century so i want to have a conversation that connects the metaphor of the new jim-crow to the decision that we face in 2012, and the reelection of barack obama or the election of mitt romney. what does that mean that we have from the civil rights to the barack obama era that african-american poverty has actually increased. what does it mean that the african-american incarcera
policy and the drone that checks against innocent globalist. i want to extend the metaphor of the new jim crow to the new tax on the voting rights for african-americans and minorities in places like florida and all over the united states. i want to extend that metaphor of the new jim crow to the political and public policy assault on poor black women that continues to this day. i want to extend that metaphor to the hip-hop generation and generations of young black men and women who we are...
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foreign policy? >> historically, it's played a muted role. it's part of the human rights policy. we've also studio for human -- stood for human rights, sometimes more rhetorically, but that's okay. we had interest as a country, every country does, and human rights, while important to us can't always be at the top during the soviet period. you know, we were very concerned about human rights, but we were concerned about the missiles. what i'm arguing is that this remains true with religious freedom, but it has taken on a sharpened salience because the world is religious whether you and i like that or not, it's irrelevant. whether american diplomats like it or not, it is religious. our job is to, our job as american diplomats, is to engage the world in american interests, and so to answer your question, it historically has played a rhetorical role in our foreign policy. there's nothing wrong with rhetoric or tact. sometimes it's good. ideas have consequences, speeches, particularly presidential speeshes, and speeches by secretaries of state are important, but they have to be followe
foreign policy? >> historically, it's played a muted role. it's part of the human rights policy. we've also studio for human -- stood for human rights, sometimes more rhetorically, but that's okay. we had interest as a country, every country does, and human rights, while important to us can't always be at the top during the soviet period. you know, we were very concerned about human rights, but we were concerned about the missiles. what i'm arguing is that this remains true with religious...
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s over our king foreign policy. there's a very complicated institutional structure. many ecss are mentioned in all three documents but the decision-making process to tackle each issue is different. so if you look at the e.u.'s structure for crisis management you will see a dozen or so committee groups, sorry, committees, chris, and agencies and other institutional bodies. each one works with others but how they work varies from threat to threat. in other words, a tailored approach has to be developed for each threat from civilian to military or both, and internal, external or both. numerous other factors come into play but we end up with a very complex jigsaw puzzle that even involves native because of the institutional level of organizations as mentioned in the lisbon treaty. so the role of the e.u. isn't clear when addressing it also. opportunity institutional complexity, the e.u. sometimes acts as an enabler and sometimes only follows. the general of the e.u. and global security also isn't clear. recently, the u.s. tried to establish itself as a credible internati
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is senior research fellow for defense and homeland security at our center for foreign policy studies. he looks at special operations and cybersecurity as well as defense support to civilian authority keith. he served america three decades as an army special forces officer. in july, 2001, he assumed the duties of military assistant to defense secretary donald rumsfeld and worked daily with the secretary for five and a half years if. when he retired, the continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense, and american security affairs. immediately prior to joining us and heritage, he served as a lead consultant to ibm on cybersecurity policy. join me in welcoming my cci.eague steven ybu [applause] >> good morning. we hope to have a lively discussion this morning. i have a couple quick plug before my introduction of our esteemed speakers. first, today is national emp awareness day. electromagnetic pulse. it came up in our discussion yesterday and is kind of nice that this is part of our homeland security week discussion. electromagnetic pulse is somethin
is senior research fellow for defense and homeland security at our center for foreign policy studies. he looks at special operations and cybersecurity as well as defense support to civilian authority keith. he served america three decades as an army special forces officer. in july, 2001, he assumed the duties of military assistant to defense secretary donald rumsfeld and worked daily with the secretary for five and a half years if. when he retired, the continued at the pentagon as deputy...
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i think in europe we have come to a point where foreign policy gradually becomes common domestic policy. we have to debate what the shape and form the single markets ought to take. we have to be clear and honest here. it's of no use to always sort of say we're so lucky, so fortunate to be united in this great europe -- that is true -- but if future generations are to say the same thing, then it is incumbent on us to turn this europe into a working functioning europe which means we have to be ready to transfer more confidences to europe. we have a stability that grows in the past, we had this in place for years, but this stability growth effect was not captured. actually, germany and france have worked down and at the time the lisbon treaty was thought up, it was said the european justice will not have the competence to choose or pass a ruling if we infringe on the rules, and so in the end, they were saying and the public was saying that they were promising things they don't really keep, and so that is the view all over the world, and so the real message of the fiscal compact that we're
i think in europe we have come to a point where foreign policy gradually becomes common domestic policy. we have to debate what the shape and form the single markets ought to take. we have to be clear and honest here. it's of no use to always sort of say we're so lucky, so fortunate to be united in this great europe -- that is true -- but if future generations are to say the same thing, then it is incumbent on us to turn this europe into a working functioning europe which means we have to be...
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colonel kenneth allard is a commentator on foreign policy and security issues. for more than a decade, he wasa atryaay ohe c news, msnbc and cnbc. in 2006 he joined the faculty of the university of texas san antonio as an executive in residence at senior lecturer at magent s tar nu seers intelligence officers as well as tours of duty as an assistant professor at west point, special assistant to the army chief of staff and theean of students at the national war college. he receved his ndegraduate eerole hnd havad and his ph.d. in international security from the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at fts. professor stephen vladeck as at amanvtyhionscholarhip at lloflwa supreme court fellow at the constitution project. he'she senior editor of the peer review journal of national security policy of the welfare bloga meer oft exib itofttin raurf soio aca law schools. previously he was an associate professor of law at the university of miami school of law. professor vladeck court for the honorable marshan the u.s. courof appealso theth ui nt man u.ou appeals for the 1
colonel kenneth allard is a commentator on foreign policy and security issues. for more than a decade, he wasa atryaay ohe c news, msnbc and cnbc. in 2006 he joined the faculty of the university of texas san antonio as an executive in residence at senior lecturer at magent s tar nu seers intelligence officers as well as tours of duty as an assistant professor at west point, special assistant to the army chief of staff and theean of students at the national war college. he receved his...
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tax policy forumd and academic adviser at the lloyd center of investments and icmber of the u.s. departmentitl international tax policy forms. he served on the national council ofal economic advisers advisors, affiliated with the, federal reserve from the international monetary fund, the world bank and national academy of sciences. he received his bachelor's der degree, phi beta kappa permankaa university of notre dame. and his doctorate from the massachusetts institute of technology. governor howard dean currently works as an independent consultant focusing on the areas of healthn care, early childhooe development, alternative energy and the expansion of grassroots politics around the world.rld he is a former dnc chairman, a presidential candidate, he is f powered founder of democracy foo america and also serves on thec board of the national democratic institute where heal focuses on where southeast europe and china europ. dean created and implemented the 50 state strategy and is credited with helping democrats make historic gains and of course he used the internet in the tools
tax policy forumd and academic adviser at the lloyd center of investments and icmber of the u.s. departmentitl international tax policy forms. he served on the national council ofal economic advisers advisors, affiliated with the, federal reserve from the international monetary fund, the world bank and national academy of sciences. he received his bachelor's der degree, phi beta kappa permankaa university of notre dame. and his doctorate from the massachusetts institute of technology. governor...
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policy, tell me about the decision that was made to go to war in iraq, how you figured in it and your presentation to the u.n. >> in the first year of president bush's administration, george w. bush, iraq was an issue. remember, we had planes flying over the north and southn portion of iraq, and the iraqis were shooting at them. but for the most part they were contained. but the sanctions regime was starting to break down. and we were watching it very carefully to see whether or not we could allow the sanctions regime to break down, the u.n. sanctions, and iraq is free to do whatever it wants to, oppress its people more or build weapons of mass destruction again. remember, they had them in the first gulf war. remember that they used them against their own people, they killed some 5,000 iraqis.ga they fired them against the iranians. so it's not a figment of imagination that these people don't have the ability to do it, and we thought they had them. >> they used chemical weapons. >> chemical weapons. but they also were playing with nuclear programs that weren't that far along, and we h
policy, tell me about the decision that was made to go to war in iraq, how you figured in it and your presentation to the u.n. >> in the first year of president bush's administration, george w. bush, iraq was an issue. remember, we had planes flying over the north and southn portion of iraq, and the iraqis were shooting at them. but for the most part they were contained. but the sanctions regime was starting to break down. and we were watching it very carefully to see whether or not we...
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the critique of american foreign policy particularly of nuclear weapons during that period. the great historieshat he wrote in the last half of his life. titles were not very important. i asked george once what title would you like to be remembered by and he said teacher. that sounds good to me. >> host: is years of activity? >> guest: astonishing because he would be 101 and active right up to the end. >> host: u.s. government -- >> guest: much briefer and not that brief. he was an officer from 1945-1950. he is ambassador in 1952 soviet union and gets kicked out. ambassador again in 61-63. yugoslavia. that doesn't go well either so he resigns and that is in as far as his government service is concerned. everything else was done in the private sphere. >> host: next call for john lewis gaddis from james in college park, maryland. >> caller: looking forward to getting your book. i am a big fan of george f. kennan. could you elaborate on his insights and observations of psychological makeup when he was in russia during the second world war? >> he was in russia for the last two y
the critique of american foreign policy particularly of nuclear weapons during that period. the great historieshat he wrote in the last half of his life. titles were not very important. i asked george once what title would you like to be remembered by and he said teacher. that sounds good to me. >> host: is years of activity? >> guest: astonishing because he would be 101 and active right up to the end. >> host: u.s. government -- >> guest: much briefer and not that...
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imports of energy and more and more on american energy, and that is a substantive policy issue, and the one built as an aside should not become the focus of the campaign or the coverage of the campaign. by understand republicans don't want to talk about the energy. >> president is talking about elevating that and become cabinet and that will step on the president's own message on wind energy. it was obviously in his prepared remarks. >> let me make it clear that the president's message that day was on energy, it was not on a joke and meaty ibm nigh eve to think that a one line joke about the dog wouldn't have become the principal focus for the president of the day. i know that in on you what it was in the principal focus. it was on the importance of the wind energy tax credit, but i take your point and i will be less now even the future. >> can we talk about medicare for the second? does the president believed that medicare is unsustainable? >> the president believes and nose, and others have adjusted so that the affordable care act that he fought for and he signed into law extends
imports of energy and more and more on american energy, and that is a substantive policy issue, and the one built as an aside should not become the focus of the campaign or the coverage of the campaign. by understand republicans don't want to talk about the energy. >> president is talking about elevating that and become cabinet and that will step on the president's own message on wind energy. it was obviously in his prepared remarks. >> let me make it clear that the president's...
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policy. tuesday, the 16th, they take audience questions in a town hall format in new york, and the last debate is october 22 from lynn university in florida, and the questions turn to foreign policy. live on c-span, c-span radio, and also online at c-span.org. up next, a discussion on the health care law presidential candidate mitt romney signed into law in 2006 when he was governor of massachusetts from this morning's "washington journal." >> host: a reporter of the "boston herald" talking about the health care bill mitt romney signed in 2006. thank you for joining us. >> guest: good morning. >> host: give us the basics, first of all, back in time to the debate happening in massachusetts. what was governor romney's role in getting the health care law pushed and signed? was he the one who initiated the process? >> guest: it was a massive bipartisan effort, involved politicians, business leaders, small business owners, but he was the governor at the time, and he was the one who effectively sig
policy. tuesday, the 16th, they take audience questions in a town hall format in new york, and the last debate is october 22 from lynn university in florida, and the questions turn to foreign policy. live on c-span, c-span radio, and also online at c-span.org. up next, a discussion on the health care law presidential candidate mitt romney signed into law in 2006 when he was governor of massachusetts from this morning's "washington journal." >> host: a reporter of the...
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i wish it had more faith in the current foreign policy teams here in washington. it's a very complicated situation. we would not like to see the muslim brotherhood comes to power after his thought. we need to be working very closely with the opposition in syria. we had to be arming the opposition in my opinion today and we should be working closely with them to ensure that the muslim brotherhood dismount alouette. >> i'm going to press on now but there's still a fair amount of ground want to cover. we tacked to a hezbollah and syria and iran. also from hamas and and a possible reconciliation between hamas and the palestinian authority. so what is not noted by thinking by inviting him into his government? >> i don't think i've ever been asked before to speak to the palestinian authority. >> i think it's absolutely clear that the message from washington d.c. publicly must be that the palestinians will never have they stated that terry is in their government. [applause] >> let me quickly go on with gene in the same train of thought. it is expected to go bond with the
i wish it had more faith in the current foreign policy teams here in washington. it's a very complicated situation. we would not like to see the muslim brotherhood comes to power after his thought. we need to be working very closely with the opposition in syria. we had to be arming the opposition in my opinion today and we should be working closely with them to ensure that the muslim brotherhood dismount alouette. >> i'm going to press on now but there's still a fair amount of ground want...
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policy face the constant challenge of making these issues of and relevance to the u.s. public. and i'm really struck by, um, the figure that you cited in your presentation of the 10 or $18 billion value of ten tons of cocaine, of one shipment. and then i sort of balance that against the amount that we've been spending over, basically, the last three or four years, and all of carsi comes to about 450 million. we, obviously, face budgetary constraints in this country. do you see the american public and the congress in particular, um, in growing to understand the magnitude of this problem and being prepared to, perhaps, do more to support the variety of efforts that you've talked about? >> i think it's a complex problem, and it fits within a mosaic on a global basis that there are other issues that our government and our nation is looking at. so we just, we put it in that context, and we keep working within that context. and so i'm comfortable with where we are and how we're approaching it, but the real issue and real capacity for me is how do we connect those capacities t
policy face the constant challenge of making these issues of and relevance to the u.s. public. and i'm really struck by, um, the figure that you cited in your presentation of the 10 or $18 billion value of ten tons of cocaine, of one shipment. and then i sort of balance that against the amount that we've been spending over, basically, the last three or four years, and all of carsi comes to about 450 million. we, obviously, face budgetary constraints in this country. do you see the american...
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um, and that when we are evaluating our foreign policy moves globally, human rights can never be the only consideration, but it has to be part of the dialogue. >> katrina lantos swet is the president and ceo of the lantos foundation for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values, and that, you know, whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or, um, or the recent policy with russia, you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not the u.s. congress should pass the sergei -- [inaudible] accountability act. we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue, but whether or not we're going to stay on record as saying human rights matter. >> more with katrina lantos swett sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q&a." >> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and said, game on. i know a lot of folks are going to write -- maybe those even at the white house -- game over. but this game is long, long, long way from over. we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama, that we win the h
um, and that when we are evaluating our foreign policy moves globally, human rights can never be the only consideration, but it has to be part of the dialogue. >> katrina lantos swet is the president and ceo of the lantos foundation for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values, and that, you know, whether we're talking about torture as it relates to the war on terror or, um, or the recent policy with russia, you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not...
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during the foreign-policy debate, in fact there was an outbreak discussion about traditional means of warfare versus some of the coming you know, newer versions. i hesitate saying this of course is senator mccain here because you really jumped on this, but the short of it is very strongly held differing viewpoints on this. so starting with your cash in, david was preventing presenting one view. any survey said there are differing views. we will also be headed towards the sequestration debate discussionpromotes a very significant one over the issue of our defense budget. thirdly you have in this mix public opinions. they know that americans are not working to having i think we'll aime two important points, one of which is afghanistan. right now there's the discussion of the forces agreement and what kind of presidents would still continue to be underground. my guess is they think of the time ahead that this discussion is going to go through several evolutions in terms of what we do with afghanistan and with the investment we put in afghanistan that is wolfgang also made the point about
during the foreign-policy debate, in fact there was an outbreak discussion about traditional means of warfare versus some of the coming you know, newer versions. i hesitate saying this of course is senator mccain here because you really jumped on this, but the short of it is very strongly held differing viewpoints on this. so starting with your cash in, david was preventing presenting one view. any survey said there are differing views. we will also be headed towards the sequestration debate...
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that foreign policy was delegated, much of it, to the united states senate that we're abdicating our role and that we as united states senate should send a clear and unequivocal message to egypt. so i will continue to argue that despite much opposition to have a vote on this to send a signal to egypt that we will not tolerate the detention of u.s. citizens. thank you, mr. president. and i yield back the remainder of my time. >> the senate coming back into session in under an hour, 2:15 eastern. we'll have that here on c-span2, of course. we're live at the state department waiting to hear from secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president biden. they're hosting a luncheon for chinese vice president xi jinping and we expect it to get underway shortly. yesterday the white house unveiled the fiscal year 2013, $3.8 trillion budget proposal. we covered a number of budget hearings today on the c-span networks, most of them senate hearings and this morning we were joined by house member kevin brady who's chairman of the -- vice chairman of the joint economic committee. he's also on t
that foreign policy was delegated, much of it, to the united states senate that we're abdicating our role and that we as united states senate should send a clear and unequivocal message to egypt. so i will continue to argue that despite much opposition to have a vote on this to send a signal to egypt that we will not tolerate the detention of u.s. citizens. thank you, mr. president. and i yield back the remainder of my time. >> the senate coming back into session in under an hour, 2:15...
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member for the academic advisory board for tax policy forum and academic advisor to the delurk center cross investment from a member of the u.s. department of history committee on tax policy forums. served as a member of the national council of economic advisers and executive office of the president affiliated with the federal reserve board, international monetary fund from the national academy of sciences. he received a specialist degree summa cum laude phi beta kappa from university of notre dame and doctorate at the massachusetts institute of technology. governor howard dean, who all of you i'm sure no, six term governor of vermont, which by the way is the second longest turned than any governor served in vermont. he currently works as a part-time independent consultant , focusing on areas of health care, early childhood development come alternative energy and grassroots politics around the world. as a former dnc chairman of presidential candidate. dean is founder of democracy and also serves on the board of the national democratic institute where he focuses in southeast europe and
member for the academic advisory board for tax policy forum and academic advisor to the delurk center cross investment from a member of the u.s. department of history committee on tax policy forums. served as a member of the national council of economic advisers and executive office of the president affiliated with the federal reserve board, international monetary fund from the national academy of sciences. he received a specialist degree summa cum laude phi beta kappa from university of notre...
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policy decisions. over the coming months, the senate will likely take up several issues related to russia, and i look forward to having a frank discussion about the president's ideas and the president's intentions. mr. obama's comments in seoul are only one instance of the president pledging to have more flexibility after the election day, but they rightly cause us to speculate about what else expects to do. americans are right to wonder what other promises o-are being made that we do not know about. at the end of the exchange in seoul, president obama and president medvedev clasped hands and mr. medvedev promised, "i will transmit this information to va vladimir." i will transmit in information to vladimir. in other words, but for the accident of an open microphone, the president's intentions would have been known by mr. putin but not known by the american people. mr. medvedev' medvedev's reply m reminder of what happens when one person is able to seize unrestrained power, as mr. putin has demonstrate
policy decisions. over the coming months, the senate will likely take up several issues related to russia, and i look forward to having a frank discussion about the president's ideas and the president's intentions. mr. obama's comments in seoul are only one instance of the president pledging to have more flexibility after the election day, but they rightly cause us to speculate about what else expects to do. americans are right to wonder what other promises o-are being made that we do not know...
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policy justice. and he talked about how some countries were treated different than other countries, but also how people in the united states didn't have the advantage of some of the thicks that other -- things that other countries have one of the things that i think is the height of hypocrisy is the fact that people of the district of columbia don't have members of congress, and we don't have the right to vote from that perspective. i would think that under bill clinton eleanor holmes norton was given the right to vote, but given. and so when the republicans came in under mr. bush, they took it away. and, of course, this administration has not yet decided that that vote should take place. of course, it depends on who the house majority leader is, and we don't expect john boehner to do anything for anybody, quite frankly. but, you know, your question about reform policy, justice and a marshall plan is an extremely well-taken question. >> host: y'all korean malvo, one of your greatest influences you in
policy justice. and he talked about how some countries were treated different than other countries, but also how people in the united states didn't have the advantage of some of the thicks that other -- things that other countries have one of the things that i think is the height of hypocrisy is the fact that people of the district of columbia don't have members of congress, and we don't have the right to vote from that perspective. i would think that under bill clinton eleanor holmes norton...
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what is your feeling on the knowledge americans have about international relations and foreign policy and foreign affairs as opposed to europeans are people outside this country. >> guest: very quickly, because of the size of this country and the immigrant population, most folks giving american citizens, a perfect example is two wonderful books out about al qaeda and the taliban. seth jones from the rand corporation is working on the other one. and another biography at this time and lots of great books that come out every year by serious journalists/historians and the book on steve jobs is a perfect example on that. and international best-selling novel with good reason because of all we could learn from it. >> host: what are you currently reading? >> guest: i read an eclectic we. i read a wonderful book by a british -- about his father and world war ii. i am reading about the 48 campaign which if you think this is wild that was really wild. harry truman and strom thurmond and tom dewey. first election after the war. and terry anderson and a book about george bush and how he decided to
what is your feeling on the knowledge americans have about international relations and foreign policy and foreign affairs as opposed to europeans are people outside this country. >> guest: very quickly, because of the size of this country and the immigrant population, most folks giving american citizens, a perfect example is two wonderful books out about al qaeda and the taliban. seth jones from the rand corporation is working on the other one. and another biography at this time and lots...
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and the final debate on foreign policy will take place october 22 at lynn university in florida. the vice president cial debate in certainly college in kentucky. all debates 90 minutes long. be sure to check c spain.org/campaign 2012 for our coverage plans. the u.s. senate remainsmains in recess as they attend the party caucus lunches. harry reed took to the floor. first amendment to be one repealing the health care law. their comments are about twentyl minutes. president, i want to spend a f few minutes talking about the i i wonder how much people on the republican side today are going to talk about obamacare. if they do, they should be in a positive state. we know that as we saw this bill this affordable care act, people are getting and soon will get, - everyone will get a rebate one of the things did, led by senator franken and others, is that 80% of the money that is paid for premiums has to go to patient care. and if it isn't, then the amount that doesn't has to be refunded to the patients. that's in the process now. in the month of august, all those moneys will come back in
and the final debate on foreign policy will take place october 22 at lynn university in florida. the vice president cial debate in certainly college in kentucky. all debates 90 minutes long. be sure to check c spain.org/campaign 2012 for our coverage plans. the u.s. senate remainsmains in recess as they attend the party caucus lunches. harry reed took to the floor. first amendment to be one repealing the health care law. their comments are about twentyl minutes. president, i want to spend a f...
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policy agenda and set out concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons in his prague speech three years ago this month. a crucial part of this effort was the adoption as you i will recall of resolution 1887 during the security council's historic summit level event in 2009 chaired by president obama. when we were first in the presidency of the security council. resolution 1887 recognized the need for all states, quote, to take effective measures to prevent nuclear material or technical assistance becoming available to terrorists, unquote. with the conclusion of the second nuclear security summit in sowell last month and -- seoul last month we think it is appropriate to take stocks in international efforts on this issue. so the goal of the up copping council session to highlight efforts to combat the threat of nuclear proliferation and terrorism and to underscore the international community's broadly shared interest and responsibilities to respond to these threats. it is also an important opportunity to reinforce the council's support of the work of the iaea as well as the imp
policy agenda and set out concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons in his prague speech three years ago this month. a crucial part of this effort was the adoption as you i will recall of resolution 1887 during the security council's historic summit level event in 2009 chaired by president obama. when we were first in the presidency of the security council. resolution 1887 recognized the need for all states, quote, to take effective measures to prevent nuclear material or technical...
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policy and foreign affairs, as opposed to europeans or people outside of this country? >> host: we are running out of time trying to i would do it very quickly. because the size of this country and the immigrant population, there's a lot more interesting than most folks give american citizens for having. a perfect example is that there are two wonderful books out now about al qaeda and taliban are, steve collins is working on one. stefan jones from the rand corporation is working on the other one. david marinus is working on another biography at this time, and there are lots of great books that have come out every year by series of journalists/historians that are worth reading. walter isaacson's book on steve jobs is a perfect example of that. it was an international best selling phenomena, and with good reason, because of all the things we can learn from in. >> host: what are you currently reading? >> guest: i read a click particularly actually. i read a wonderful book written by a british fly fisherman about his fought in world war ii. i love that i read about the 48
policy and foreign affairs, as opposed to europeans or people outside of this country? >> host: we are running out of time trying to i would do it very quickly. because the size of this country and the immigrant population, there's a lot more interesting than most folks give american citizens for having. a perfect example is that there are two wonderful books out now about al qaeda and taliban are, steve collins is working on one. stefan jones from the rand corporation is working on the...
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very few couldn't be offered unless it were something dealing with foreign policy on the postal service bill. loot of people want to offer amendments dealing with situations all over the world. that's why we struggled, for example, to get the iran sanctions bill moving. a standard of relevant merely asks that we stay on the subject. the subject this morning which 74 senators agreed to vote. i regret that my friend has objected to this request. mr. president, but i hope that my friend from kentucky will go home and explain to the people who are dependent on those small post offices around the state of kentucky and those processing centers that this bill has not been resolved because of him. mr. president, if we do nothing, there will be wide-ranging closing of post offices. we have more than 30,000 post offices in america. many of them will be closed. we have hundreds and hundreds of processing centers. they will be closed. postal service as we've known it is a fleeting moment in the eyes of americans when they can't get their medicine that they want, they can't get the mail that they wa
very few couldn't be offered unless it were something dealing with foreign policy on the postal service bill. loot of people want to offer amendments dealing with situations all over the world. that's why we struggled, for example, to get the iran sanctions bill moving. a standard of relevant merely asks that we stay on the subject. the subject this morning which 74 senators agreed to vote. i regret that my friend has objected to this request. mr. president, but i hope that my friend from...
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policy and foreign affairs, as opposed to europeans or people outside of this country? >> host: we are running out of time trying to i would do it very quickly. because the size of this country and the immigrant population, there's a lot more interesting than most folks give american citizens for having. a perfect example is that there are two wonderful books out now about al qaeda and taliban are, steve collins is working on one. stefan jones from the rand corporation is working on the other one. david marinus is working on another biography at this time, and there are lots of great books that have come out every year by series of journalists/historians that are worth reading. walter isaacson's book on steve jobs is a perfect example of that. it was an international best selling phenomena, and with good reason, because of all the things we can learn from in. >> host: what are you currently reading? >> guest: i read a click particularly actually. i read a wonderful book written by a british fly fisherman about his fought in world war ii. i love that i read about the 48
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policy. he wants to talk about how to orgaze hay how ie ths angt n ongetngoi ofur trentim is the most scarce and precious than he has. he wanted to know if he was using up well. and the first month of the presidency he wasn sae sal n tay ho iis hc swaotolbceled beban gaut sa0 yersers still an impossible challenge. >> when we interviewed clinton about this, he said one of his most prized possessions of eing est trix d h mntre nidin a 94 n jugoous ia ugohu ch. he had gone d there remain seet msion ison t at efterpk es e aggl splte tasked clinton if we could have been in to receve anything now but he said that he told i was done in ways tt hed aazle. rdedt. hetemeg i ho ykn heda eead it every year. when nixon died in 1994 and the clton hiehseannod edathmusd s eresiminth we ed his mother, similar, not the same. i often find myself i could pick up t phone and call him ask them f avi itrulana inat wgowessa fa a nt e ho bu tha o that politics is complicated family is really complicated. and yet te o
policy. he wants to talk about how to orgaze hay how ie ths angt n ongetngoi ofur trentim is the most scarce and precious than he has. he wanted to know if he was using up well. and the first month of the presidency he wasn sae sal n tay ho iis hc swaotolbceled beban gaut sa0 yersers still an impossible challenge. >> when we interviewed clinton about this, he said one of his most prized possessions of eing est trix d h mntre nidin a 94 n jugoous ia ugohu ch. he had gone d there remain...